Gate.



D. POWELL.

GATE. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 1'0, 1914.

1,144,564. Pafented June 29, 1915.

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To allnikom it may] 0mm i Y Be it known that I, Davrn POWELL, a ,c1t11Zen of the United States, residing at Murray, in the county of SaltliakeandjState of," Utah, have invented anew and useful Gate,

of which the following is a specification.

".T he present invention appertains togates, and aims to provideqa noveland improved gate construction.

It is the ob ect of this invention to pro vide a gate comprising auniqueassemblage of the component parts,whereby the gate will bethoroughly substantial and efficient in construction, as well as beingornamental in appearance.

A specific object is to provide novel means for assembling the endsonstiles and the rails or longitudinal members of the frame.

It is also within the scope of the invention, to provide a gate ofcomparatively simple, rigid and inexpensive construction, and which willbe practical and efficient in use.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement ofparts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

The invention is illustrated in its preferred embodiment in theaccompanying drawing, wherein the figure is an elevation of the improvedgate, portions being broken away.

The frame of the gate comprises tubular upright ends or stiles 1 and 2,and tubular upper and lower rails 3 and 1, respectively,

the said parts or members of the frame being preferably constructed ofpiping or other suitable stock.

As a means for fastening the adjacent ends of the end memberor stile 2and the rails 3 and 4c, elbows 5 are disposed between the adjacent endsof the said frame members, and are provided with reduced stubs or shanks6 projecting and fitting snugly within the end portions of the stile 2,and rivets or other securing elements 7 are engaged through the stile 2and shanks 6 to secure the elbows 5 to the said stile. Tubular membersor sleeves 8 are fitted snugly within the adj acent ends of the rails 3and 4c, and the elbows 5 are provided with bores Specification ofLetters Patent. Patgntefl Jung 29, 1915 Applicationfiled DecemberlO,1914. Serial No. 876,545.

or openings 9 alining and registering with securely fastened together.

In order to secure the stile 1 and rails together, and to pivotallymount or hinge the gate to the post P, corner members 13 are seatedagainst the ends of the said stile 1, and are provided with radialextensions 14: abutting against the ends of the rails 3 and 4, andprovided with reduced: stubs or shanks 15 projecting into and fittingsnugly within the adjacent ends of the rails. or other securing elements16 are engaged through the corresponding ends of the rails and theshanks 15, to fastenthe corner members 13 to the rails. The cornermembers 13 are provided with upright or vertical bores 17 through whichhinge pins 18 are engaged so as to project into and fit within the endsof the stile 1, rivets 19 and 20 being engaged through the cornermembers 13 and pins 18, and through the end portions of the stile 1 andpins 18 to secure the said parts together. The lower and upper pins 18project or protrude beyond the respective lower and upper corner members13 to enable the gate to be pivoted or hinged to the post or hangerscarried thereby.

The hangers carried by the post P embody plates 21 resting against thepost, and bolts 22 engaged through the post to secure the hangers inplace, the plates 21 having heads 23 through which the protruding endsof the pivot pins 18 are journaled. The lower corner member 13 seatsupon the lower head 23 and the upper member 13 fits snugly against thebottom of the upper head 23, the corner members 13 having relativelylarge fiat contacting bearing surfaces to support the gate in asubstantial manner.

Oblique crossed and intermeshed filler wires 2% are disposed within theframe of the gate, and have their ends secured to the frame members ortubes 1, 2, 3 and 4;.

An upright brace or stay 30, formed preferably from a channel iron, isdisposed between the rails intermediate the stiles 1 and 2, and has itsends secured to the rails.

The free end of the gate may be held ad- Rivets r lid jacent thestriking post S, When the gate is members.

closed, by means of an upwardly projectin leaf spring or latch 34secured to the post b and carrying a bar or member 35 bent to receivethe free end of the gate and to snap into engagement with the sameunderthe inplace through the corner members and into the respectivetubes of the frame, and finally, the rivets or securing'elements may beengaged through the respective parts.

,WVhat is claimed is: 1. A gate frame comprisingtubes, corner membersdisposed between the adjacent ends my own, I have hereto affixed in thepresence of'tWo Witnesses.

' POWELL.

of the tubes and each having a portion fitthe other adjacent tube.

- 2. A gate comprising a frame embodying upper and lowertubular rails, atubular stile,

corner members between the said stile and rails, the cornermembershaving portions and SeCllI'GdWlthlH the ends of the ting snuglyand-secured Within the endof one adjacent tube,

rails and abutting against the ends of the v stile, and vpins engagedthrough the said corner members, the pins'fittingsnugly and securedWithin the said corner members and the end portions of the stile, andsaid pins projecting from the said corner members to provide means forhinging the gate.

In testimony that I claim the foregoingas Witnesses: r

FRED PETERS,

W. J. 'WARENSKI.

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